Digital Burn Out

Given the current state of American affairs, a few months ago, I couldn’t help but pop my Twitter account open and take a stroll down the timeline, watching reactions, retweets, favorites, gifs, you name it. I was hooked yet again. I say was, but I mean am, I AM hooked again because I can’t stop. Once I got back on the saddle, I began to notice that I had about an hour’s head start on breaking news, access to hilarious takes on said breaking news, and I’ve been able to watch reactions to events in real-time, constantly refreshing my timeline by viciously hitting the home button quite a few times.

Investing After Irma (UPDATED)

The Caribbean and Florida took some hits from Hurricane Irma, some places in worse ways than others. We’re having a horrific storm season, with Hurricane Maria now pummeling Dominica and Puerto Rico, with other potential victims in her sights. Needless to say, now is the time for us to come together to help rebuild. Parts of the Florida Keys and Cuba sustained terrible damage.

Dreams Begin with DREAMers

Immigration reform is a difficult and touchy subject. However, we must remember that at the end of the day, immigrants are people who deserve our respect and empathy. Boiling our semantics down to “illegal aliens” has an effect on the way we see our fellow Americans. Restricting these young people from being shining representations of the US abroad, cutting them off from being effective Everyday Ambassadors to the world, limits our capacity as a nation to see complex issues from multiple viewpoints in order to find more cohesive solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems.